#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI qw(:standard);

$| = 1;

if (my $pid = fork)
  {
    print header,start_html("start");
    print ('<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="5; URL=/results/file1.
+html">');
    print h1('Starting...');
    print ('If it does not start up, click <A HREF="/results/file1.htm
+l">here</
A>');
    print end_html();
  }
else
  {
    close STDIN;
    close STDOUT;
    system ('echo \'<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="10; URL=/resul
+ts/file.html">\' > /www/html/results/file.html');
    exec '/www/cgi-bin/run.pl > /www/html/results/file.html &';
    die "couldnt exec - $!\n";
   }

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Is there a way to print and display the results from run.pl to browser as the results gradually are being generated without having to output the whole result to a temporary file then displaying the file in the end? Thanks

In reply to How to output result from perl script to page gradually instead of in 1 shot? by Mike_Ca

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